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BS EN 131-7:2013 Ladders - Mobile ladders with platform, 2013
- Foreword
- 1 Scope
- 2 Normative references
- 3 Terms and definitions
- Table 1 — Terms and definitions
- 4 Requirements [Go to Page]
- 4.1 General
- 4.2 Surface finishes
- 4.3 Materials [Go to Page]
- 4.3.1 General
- 4.3.2 Wood
- 4.4 Stabiliser
- 4.5 Ballast
- 5 Dimensional requirements [Go to Page]
- 5.1 Ascending legs [Go to Page]
- 5.1.1 Ascending legs with angle 60 ≤ α ≤ 75
- Table 2 — Dimensional requirements for ascending legs with angle 60 ≤ α ≤ 75 [Go to Page]
- 5.1.2 Ascending legs with angle 45 ≤ α < 60
- Table 3 — Dimensional requirements for ascending legs with angle 45 ≤ α < 60 [Go to Page]
- 5.2 Supporting legs
- 5.3 Platform and toe board
- Table 4 — Dimensions of platform and toe board
- Figure 8 — Dimensions of platform and toe board [Go to Page]
- 5.4 Working area
- Table 5 — Dimensional requirements for the working area
- Figure 9 — Working area [Go to Page]
- 5.5 Wheels and castors
- 5.6 Prevention of falls: Guardrails, Middle rails
- Figure 10 — Side protection
- Table 6 — Dimensional requirements for guardrail [Go to Page]
- 5.7 Handrails
- Figure 11 — Positioning of a handrail on a step leader
- 6 Testing [Go to Page]
- 6.1 General
- 6.2 Torsion test of steps, rungs, wide rungs
- 6.3 Bending test for steps, rungs, wide rungs
- 6.4 Platform and complete product test [Go to Page]
- 6.4.1 Platform test [Go to Page]
- 6.4.1.1 Test for all platform sizes
- Figure 12 — Platform test for platform area ≤ 0,5 m2 [Go to Page]
- 6.4.1.2 Platform Area > 0,5 m2
- Figure 13 — Platform test for platform area > 0,5 m2 [Go to Page]
- 6.4.2 Complete product test
- Figure 14 — Complete product test [Go to Page]
- 6.5 Protection bending test [Go to Page]
- 6.5.1 Tests on guardrails (principal guardrails and top handrail of the gate)
- 6.5.2 Test on middle rail (intermediate guardrail and the middle rail of the gate)
- 6.6 Side handrail testing
- 6.7 Stability test [Go to Page]
- 6.7.1 Platform ≤ 0,5 m2
- Figure 15 — Stability test
- Figure 16 — Diagram of the platform [Go to Page]
- 6.7.2 Platform > 0,5 m2
- Figure 17 — Stability test
- Figure 18 — Diagram of the platform [Go to Page]
- 6.8 Stiffness test
- Figure 19 — Stiffness test
- Figure 20 — Diagram of the platform [Go to Page]
- 6.9 Test for products equipped with spring wheels
- 6.10 Kick-up test of the platform
- 6.11 Test of opening restraint devices
- 6.12 Test of hooks
- 6.13 Bottom stile end test
- 6.14 Feet pull test
- 6.15 Test method for plastic ladders
- 6.16 Marking durability
- 7 Marking, User and safety instruction [Go to Page]
- 7.1 Marking
- 7.2 User Instruction
- Bibliography [Go to Page]